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Race 1 of 14 races in the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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Date | 28 March 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Eastern Creek Raceway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pole position | |||
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Rider | Kevin Schwantz | ||
Time | 1:31.188 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Wayne Rainey | ||
Time | 1:31.807 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Kevin Schwantz | ||
Second | Wayne Rainey | ||
Third | Doug Chandler |
Pole position | |||
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Rider | Loris Capirossi | ||
Time | 1:32.896 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Tetsuya Harada | ||
Time | 1:32.894 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Tetsuya Harada | ||
Second | John Kocinski | ||
Third | Max Biaggi |
Pole position | |||
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Rider | Carlos Giró | ||
Time | 1:37.858 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Dirk Raudies | ||
Time | 1:37.819 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Dirk Raudies | ||
Second | Kazuto Sakata | ||
Third | Herri Torrontegui |
The 1993 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 28 March 1993 at Eastern Creek Raceway.
Beattie and Chandler get a small gap, then Beattie starts pulling away.
Schwantz, Chandler, Rainey are closing on Beattie. Doohan goes out with a mechanical. Freddie Spencer crashes out hard.
Schwantz arrives and passes into 1st. Rainey, desperate to get to the leaders, brushes Chandler’s front tire with his knee as he passes into 2nd, then passes Schwantz for 1st, but can’t hold him off.